Sticks and Stones

Chapter 2

That weekend, things started to unfold. They started to twist into something ugly. Avery and Tyler were broken up now but Kelly didn't seem to be finished with their relationship. At a sleepover that I wasn't invited to, Kelly began to put thoughts into Avery's mind. She told her that I had twisted everything so that she and Tyler would break up. She told her that it was all my fault that they had split up.

That evening, as their hatred for me began to grow, Kelly sent out a mass text message to all of my friends that read "Hey guys on Monday, don't talk to Bryn. She's a total bitch and she split up Tyler and Avery." Oh Kelly, how stupid could you be? You see in that mass text message, she managed to send the text to me so good job hon. That night I got like 20 text messages from all of my friends that said something along the lines of "Don't worry about her. She's a bitch. We still love you Bryn."

So what changed? They all promised me that they still loved me like a sister. They all swore that nothing would change. This is where the definition of the word lies come in. Lies are those God awful things that make some people that seem like your friends at the time turn into something that you don't even know anymore. Anyway, I'm straying away from the story. The next day at school only one of my friends could stand to be seen with me. Kelly had already completely manipulated all of my friends. All but one. Jenny was the only one that I could trust anymore.

Don't get me wrong, Jenny and I had always been best friends but this year in particular we were closer than ever. I guess maybe she just saw that I was reaching out for help and that I really needed her to be there for me. I don't know maybe it's the opposite. Maybe it was more that she was reaching out for help and she needed me more than I needed her. As nice as our relationship was coming, however, things didn't just get better. In fact, quite the opposite happened.

You see, no matter what I did to try and fix things with Kelly, she only got madder. I'd basically text her and say "Kelly, I'm sorry for whatever it is that I did but can you just forgive me? Can we please just be friends again?" But she'd always just say that we never were friends and that I should know what I did. But how could I know what I did if everyone refused to talk to me? Please, answer me that question. I've been searching for an answer ever since the beginning of 7th grade.

Every night Kelly would have some sort of new rumor that she'd "accidentally" text to me. It was kind of her sick, twisted game and I guess it sure made her feel good. How bout it Kelly? You satisfied with yourself? 'Cause I sure as hell ain't. Are you proud of what you did? Did you find some sort of sick satisfaction with watching me struggle to pick up the books that you scattered across the floor? And what about my friends? Did you enjoy watching me dying inside without anyone to talk to? Without anyone to care.

I really hope that you found some satisfaction with it because otherwise my suffering was all for nothing. So thank you so much Kelly. Thank you so much for giving me that extra strength. Because maybe if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be strong enough to handle what goes on now. Then again maybe that strength isn't a good thing. Who knows, maybe if you hadn't tormented me in 7th grade, I wouldn't have cried my eyes out every night. Maybe I wouldn't have wanted to kill myself EVERY TIME I walked past that damn kitchen.

But maybe you taking away all my friends really did help me. Because without my friends on my side anymore, I really did have something to fight for. So I guess you do deserve a thank you for that. Because looking at things now...how many of those people can still stand you? And how many of them are now my friends again? Just think that over. Hurts doesn't it. While your friends are abandoning you, they're all coming back to me. So just let that sink in because the feeling you're getting now...loneliness, rejection...that's exactly how I felt all throughout middle school.

A/N

And that concludes chapter 2 of Sticks and Stones. I hope y'all did find it too weird that Bryn is calling out Kelly in her own journal but those are just all of her thoughts that are finally getting some light shed on them. Thanks for reading!

-Molly